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Blast injures shoppers in Moscow

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Published: Dec. 21, 2008 at 12:57 PM

MOSCOW, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- An explosion ripped a Moscow market place, injuring 13 people, including 12 who were hospitalized, city police said Sunday.

Saturday's explosion near the Prazhskaya metro station in southern Moscow had power equivalent to 1.75 ounces of TNT, RIA Novosti reported.

Police were looking for two men believed linked the blast, RIA Novosti reported.

One child was among the injured.

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